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γιαγιά

From LSJ

Ἡ δὲ Σελήνη γενομένη μὲν ἐκ τῆς ἀντανακλάσεως τοῦ ἡλιακοῦ φωτὸς → the moon having been made from the reflection of sunlight (Vettius Valens, Anthologies 1.14)

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Greek Monolingual

και υποκορ. γιαγιάκα, η
1. η μητέρα του πατέρα ή της μητέρας
2. (ως προσηγορία ηλικιωμένων γυναικών γενικά) σεβαστή γριούλα
3. (σπάν.) η αδελφή της γιαγιάς, η μεγάλη θεία
4. φρ. «μεγάλη γιαγιά ή προγιαγιά» — η μητέρα της γιαγιάς, η προμάμμη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Λέξη της παιδικής γλώσσας (πρβλ. αρχ. μάμμη)].

Translations

Abkhaz: анду; Afrikaans: ouma; Ainu: フチ; Albanian: gjyshe; Alemannic German: Grosi; Aleut: kukax; Ambonese Malay: oma, nene; Amharic: ሴት አያት; Arabic: جَدَّة‎; Egyptian Arabic: تيته‎, جدة‎; Hijazi Arabic: أنّة‎, ستّو‎; South Levantine Arabic: جدة‎, ست‎; Aragonese: agüela; Armenian: տատ, տատիկ, հան; Aromanian: omã, babã; Asturian: güela; Azerbaijani: nənə; Cyrillic: нәнә; Balinese: dadong; Basque: amona; Belarusian: бабуля; Bengali: নানী, নানু, দাদি, দাদু; Bhojpuri: दादी के बा; Bikol Central: lola; Breton: mamm-gozh; Bulgarian: баба; Burmese: အဘွား, ဘွားဘွား; Catalan: àvia, iaia; Central Dusun: todu; Central Sierra Miwok: ʔamáˑ-; Chamicuro: payako; Cherokee: ᎡᏂᏏ, ᎠᎵᏏ; Chichewa: gogo; Chinese Cantonese: 嫲嫲, 婆婆, 祖母, 外祖母, 外婆; Hakka: 阿婆, 姐婆, 外阿婆; Mandarin: 奶奶, 祖母, 外祖母, 外婆, 姥姥; Min Nan: 阿媽, 阿妈, 外媽, 外妈, 內媽, 內妈; Chinook Jargon: chope; Chuvash: кукамай, асанне; Corsican: mammone; Crimean Tatar: qartana; Czech: babička; Danish: bedstemor, bedste; Dutch: grootmoeder, oma; Esperanto: avino; Estonian: vanaema; Ewe: mama; Faroese: omma; Finnish: isoäiti, mummi, mummo, äidinäiti, isänäiti; French: grand-mère, aïeule; Friulian: none, ave; Galician: avoa; Georgian: ბებია, დიდედა, ბებო, ბაბო; German: Großmutter, Oma, Omi, Großmütterchen, Großmütterlein; Silesian: Grußmutter, Gruußmutter; Greek: γιαγιά, μάμμη; Ancient Greek: μάμμη, τήθη; Greenlandic: aanaq, aanaa; Guaraní: jarýi; Halkomelem: sísele; Hausa: kaka; Hawaiian: kupunawahine; Hebrew: סָבָה‎, סָבְתָא‎; Hindi: दादी, नानी; Hungarian: nagyanya, nagymama; Icelandic: amma; Ido: avino; Igbo: nnenna; Indonesian: nenek; Ingrian: ämmä; Ingush: даь-нана, наьн-нана; Interlingua: granmatre, ava; Irish: máthair mhór, seanmháthair, mamó, máthair chríonna; Old Irish: senmáthair; Italian: nonna; Japanese: お婆さん, お婆ちゃん, ばば, 祖母), 外祖母; Javanese: Eyang Putri; Jeju: 할망; Kashmiri: نانؠ‎; Kazakh: әже; Khmer: ជីដូន, យាយ, អយ្យកា; Khoekhoe: ǁgaosas; Korean: 할머니, 외할머니; Krio: granny; Kurdish Central Kurdish: داپیر‎, داپیرە‎; Kyrgyz: ky, кемпир; Ladino: nona, avuela, granmama, vava; Lakota: uŋčí; Lao: ຍ່າ, ແມ່ເຖົ້າ; Latgalian: vace, vaceite, babeņa; Latin: avia; Latvian: vecāmāte, vecmamma, vecmāmiņa; Lithuanian: bobutė, senelė, močiutė; Low German: Grootmoder, Grotmoder, Grootmodder, Grootmudder, Grotmudder; Luganda: jjajja omukazi; Lutshootseed: kiaʔ, kayə; Luxembourgish: Groussmamm; Macedonian: баба; Malay: nenek; Malayalam: മുത്തശ്ശി, അമ്മുമ്മ, അമ്മമ്മ; Manchu: ᠮᠠᠮᠠ, ᡤᠣᡵᠣ; ᠮᠠᠮᠠ; Maori: kuia, tipuna, tupuna, tāua; Marathi: आजी; Maricopa: nkyew; Mirandese: abó, abó mai, abó de las saias, bó; Mongolian: эмээ; Mòcheno: nu'na; Navajo: amá sání, análí; Neapolitan: nonna; Nepali: हजुरआमा; Ngazidja Comorian: koko; Nivkh: ытик; Norman: grand'-mère, manman, grand-méthe; North Frisian Föhr: ualmam; Hallig: aol; Mooring: ååle; Northern Ohlone: ká̄na 'ek mél̄e; Northern Sami: áhkku; Norwegian Bokmål: bestemor, mormor, farmor; Nynorsk: bestemor, mormor, farmor; O'odham: hu'ul, ka꞉k; Ojibwe: nookomis; Old English: eald mōdor; Oriya: ଜେଜେମାଆ, ଆଈ; Oromo: akkayyaa; Pashto: نيا‎, انا‎; Pennsylvania German: Groossmudder, Groossmammi; Persian: مادربزرگ‎, ننه‎; Polish: babcia, babka, babunia, baba; Portuguese: avó; Punjabi: ਨਾਨਿਮਾ; Quechua: jatun mama; Romani: mami; Romanian: bunică, mamaie, mamă mare; Romansch: tatta, tata, nona; Russian: бабушка, бабуля, бабуся, бабка, баба; Sanskrit: पितामही; Santali: ᱟᱡᱤ; Scots: grandmither, guiddame; Scottish Gaelic: seanmhair; Serbo-Croatian: baka; Cyrillic: баба, нена, старамајка; Roman: baba, nena, staramajka; Sicilian: nanna, mamma granni; Shan: ၼၢႆး; Skolt Sami: äkk; Slovak: stará matka, baba; Slovene: babica, stara mama; Somali: ayeeyo; Sotho: nkgono; Spanish: abuela; Sundanese: nini; Swabian: Ahna; Swahili: bibi; Swedish: farmor, mormor; Tagalog: lola, impo, lelang, abwela; Tajik: модаркалон, онакалон; Tamil: பாட்டி; Tatar: әби, дәү әни, зур әни, картинәй, нәнә, нәнәй; Thai: ย่า, ยาย; Tok Pisin: tumbuna; Tupinambá: aryîa; Turkish: büyükanne, nine; Turkmen: ene, mama; Ukrainian: бабуся, баба; Urdu: دادی‎, نانی‎; Uzbek: acha, buvi; Vietnamese: bà, bà ngoại, bà nội; Volapük: lemot; Walloon: grand-mere, grand-mame; Welsh: mam-gu, nain; West Frisian: beppe; White Hmong: pog, niam tais; Wiradhuri: baadhin; Wolof: marm; Xhosa: umakhulu; Yagara: barbang; Yakut: эбэ; Yiddish: באָבע‎; Yoruba: iya agba; Yámana: kuluna; Zazaki: dada, dapir, dapér, daye; Zhuang: buz, naih, daiq; Zulu: ukhulu